Silhouette of a black cat with it's paw on a purple ball of yarn. The text 'Adventures of a Stashaholic' is in green and purple

It Came It Came It Came!

I was jumping up and down with joy today. Turns out that getting knitting supplies is the perfect antidote to a cold From Random Blog S… My KnitPicks order came along with the Tap Dancing Lizard book that I won on ebay. I really really really like the KnitPicks needles. They are very sharp though […]

Too sick to knit?

I’ve been sick quite a bit lately – can’t seem to shake it. This time it really hit me. I got sent home from work on Friday with a fever and chills and upset tummy. I immediately collapsed into bed but couldn’t sleep because I’d taken a daytime cold reliever. “Great” I thought, “a whole […]

6 of 1, 1/2 dozen of the other

It’s officially fall in Toronto…the leaves are turning, there’s a chill in the air, and the Halloween candy is in the stores! I’m happy because fall is actually my favourite season (despite the fact that I need to mainline Reactine). To celebrate, I went coat shopping yesterday. I saw a lovely apricot coloured wool coat […]

Run don’t walk!

I have a very big day coming up on Thursday (tune in then to find out why), so lately I’ve been treating myself. I’ve signed up for a series of classes at Lettuce Knit, bought patterns from Elann, but most importantly bought twin set of books that arrived today. My favourite books to buy are […]

Love at first site

I love love love this sweater from Knitty.com. I was too lazy cheap broke frugal to go all the way downtown to Romni, so instead I went stash diving and came up with what I think is just about enough yarn…not 100% sure if I have enough because a lot of it is in odds […]